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Indian Diaspora Waves Tricolour in London to Counter SFI Protests
- •Members of the Indian diaspora under Team Bharat waved the Tricolour and raised patriotic slogans near the Indian High Commission in London.
- •The demonstration successfully countered protests organised by SFI UK and allied groups in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata Party agitation in India.
- •Protesters from student and diaspora groups had demanded the resignation of Indian Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- •The protests follow allegations of vote theft and controversies surrounding the electoral roll revision process, which has seen millions of names deleted across various states according to Election Commission data.
- •The Election Commission defended the revision exercise as a necessary measure to remove deceased, duplicate, and ineligible entries while providing mechanisms like Form 6 for genuine voters to re-enroll.
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Team Bharat organized a counter-demonstration in London to oppose protests held by student groups like SFI UK and allied organizations in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata Party agitation in India, which demanded the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Protesters associated with SFI UK and other allied groups demanded the resignation of Indian Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision exercise of electoral rolls.
The Election Commission maintains that the revision exercise is intended to update electoral rolls by removing deceased, duplicate, shifted, and ineligible entries. They noted that voters inadvertently left out can seek inclusion through claims, objections, and Form 6.
